How We Can Assist a Family Law Lawyer

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Our goal is to help a woman to work effectively with her lawyer. To accomplish this, we offer the following:

Provide emotional support and improve the woman's coping skills to assist her in working effectively with her lawyer

Provide safety planning which facilitates requests for appropriate restraining orders

Compile historical information and third party information to provide to the lawyer

Accompany the woman to lawyer's appointments to assist her in understanding what her lawyer has said and needs from her.

Support for a woman to follow through on her lawyer's requests.

Assist a woman to cope with tactics used by her abusive spouse during the litigation process.

Accompany the woman to court for support.

Provide assistance that may be requested by the woman's lawyer (i.e. review of court documents).

Make referrals to other needed community supports (i.e. housing, income support, etc).

Care to Volunteer or Make a Donation?

These services are provided free of charge to abused women and their children. If you would like to make a charitable donation or donate services, we would appreciate your support.

Lawyers can support the work of Luke's Place by:

Volunteering to speak on a topic for the Family Law Networking Group.

Participating in committee or ad hoc committee work for the Legal Advisory Group (LAG). LAG is a group of family law lawyers and administrators of family law services who provide consultation and collaboration about the legal dimension of the work at Luke’s Place.

Donating pro-bono time for the Pro Bono Summary Advice Clinic

Sponsoring or donating to Luke's Place or to a Luke's Place fundraising event

Please mail your donation to:
Luke's Place
P.O. Box 54040,
8 kings Street, Oshawa, ON,
L1H 1A9

Or contact us